A road construction worker was killed and two others injured Tuesday when a car collided into them along eastbound Interstate 80 between Elko and Battle Mountain, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened about 1 p.m. just east of the Beowawe rest area, where the one construction worker was pronounced dead at the scene, Trooper Jim Stewart said.The names of the workers and the driver were not immediately released.

The injured workers were being treated at Battle Mountain Hospital and Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Stewart said.

The car's driver was not injured.

The car had been traveling just east of the Beowawe rest area and was approaching slow/stopped traffic in the construction zone, the NHP said. The car swerved to the right into construction barrels in another lane, the NHP said.

No charges were reported.

This crash remains under investigation.

Initial information is that the road workers were employed by a private contractor. Further details were not known.